it's been a major concern for israel. it's not clear where it leaves any political solution on the ground. stefanie dekker ramallah in the occupied west bank. >> the oslo accord makes it easy for israel to withhold palestinian tax revenue as punishment crippling the already struggling economy. victoria explains. >> reporter: this is not the first time israel has frozen monthly tax transfers to the palestinian authority n may, 2011, israel withheld $100 million over a palestinian unity deal that brought together hamas with its secular rival fattah. in 2012,itsis withheld more than $120 million in response to the overwhelming vote at the u.n. general assembly to recognize the state of palestine and it imposed a similar punishment in april, 2014, after p.a. president mahmoud abbas applied to join a series of international treaties and conventions conventions. itsis should transferred about $100 million a month to the pal tin scans. it accounts for two-thirds of the budget. without the money, the pa cannot pay the 165,000 pub

only on al jazeera america >>> lebanon said israel fired shells into syria, and israel reports several soldiers have been wounded. hello, i'm darren jordan. also on the programme - a new anti-austerity cabinet in athens holds its first meeting. we'll be there live >>> mexico's government says all 43 students who went missing in september are dead. >> east germany's dark past took a tour around the once feared secret police. >> let's stay with the developing story. israel soldiers has been hit by a rocket fired from southern lebanon. the attack happened in the disputed shebaa farms area. on the border with lebanon. there are reports that it hit farmland close to the border. a confusing picture. let's bring in nicle johnson. she has the latest from beirut. talk us through what you are hearing about the attack. the initial response what have you been hearing. it's a confusing picture at the moment. >> that's right. the most significant thing from the lebanese story that hezbollah claimed responsibility. they came out and said they had no information. in the last 10 minutes they claimed re

we don't have confirmation from israel either. i think if this is confirmed as true israel will probably apologize for an attack like this because it was not -- any attacks it launches often lebanon or syria do not intend to hurt or kill any u.n. peace keepers that are based on those borders in order to prevent escalations along those volatile borders, which have been tense and volatile for many, many years. we heard, as well, reports that maybe an israeli soldier was kidnapped by hezbollah. we talked to an army and a spokesperson denied these reports and said they weren't true and as well as, there are some media outlets in israel saying that the pictures used by hezbollah, showing an israeli army vehicle on fire and in flames are probably not authentic, because they show a different -- their background shows a different area. so this is what we're hearing here in israel, but the most important thing is the issue of casualties and we are not hearing any confirmation from the army just yet. >> is this going to be left as a serious

palestinian leaders are accusing israel of trying to starve their people. israel is refusing to pay after the palestinian leadership officially applied to join the international criminal court. now, in the occupied west bank road sign rules are creating confusion for the palestinians who live there. the palestinian authority is not allowed to put up road signs in arabic for most of the region. a report from the occupied west bank. >> if you rely only on street signs in the occupied west bank it almost feels like palestinian towns and villages don't exist here that is because the israel government doesn't allow the palestinian authority to put up its own road signs. so many people now use the hebrew names for these areas instead of the original ones in arabic. we stopped several drivers on a highway and asked them where they thought they were. >> we normally know the street. >> it's an illegal jewish settlement nestled between villages here. >> there are no signs indicating this road leads to a palestinian area. >> there is no arabic name for this area. ther

relations between israel and the u.s. appear to have reached their lowest point in recent memory, possibly in decades. president obama and israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu have never been best of friends, but lobbying congress against one of the top foreign policy priorities, relationships between the two leaders may have gotten even worse. while the ploy has taken a toll on u.s.-israeli relations, it's caused a big turn-around for president obama. from the president's own party, senate republicans looked like they might have the votes to advance new sanctions on iran despite the administration's objections, that sanctions would jeopardize the ongoing nuclear talks. well, then john boehner and benjamin netanyahu entered the picture and tried to do an end run around the president, and now the whole thing has completely blown up in their faces. last week boehner announced he had invited netanyahu. he explained his rationale in an intervoo with "60 minutes." >> there's nobody in the world that can talk about the thr

to israel. not only their opposition to israel, but other factors too, provide a unity which binds together most of the arab lands of the middle east. for the arabs of every country share a common culture which spills across the borders of nations and is apparent throughout the arab world. from the architecture of its buildings to the customs of its daily life. much of this cultural unity stems from the arab language the tongue most commonly used in the area. it is something more than a bond uniting the arab world. it reflects the tradition and customs of that world. an arab speaking arabic, wherever he may be, speaks on the basis of judgments and assumptions and values, shared by all other arabs. religion is another socially cohesive force. there are christian groups particularly in lebanon, and to a lesser extent in egypt. and there are, of course, the jews in israel, but the overwhelmingly dominant faith in the middle east is islam. the powerful faith founded by the prophet mohammed 1400 year

let israel join international kernel court. israel is one of the outliers along with the u.s. and a few others, very few, who have refused to sign and ratify the court, to join the court, to place its own officials under the court's jurisdictions. it is really so convinced they would not have anything to fear let them join and find out. the fact the palestinians are joining an international is to to show in is important both for the substance and because this u.n. initiative overall including the security council resolution as far as it went, are major attacks on the legitimacy of the so-called diplomacy under u.s. control that has failed for the last 24 years. i think that is very important. it put a number of european countries in the position of saying we are no longer going to accept the idea that washington gets to call the shots in the united nations on the question of palestine. that we are no longer going to be up to play in international role, that only the u.s. can determine what is a legitimate or illegitimate move by the palestinians to obtain freedom and independe

only on al jazeera america >>> lebanon said israel fired shells into syria, and israel reports several soldiers have been wounded. hello, i'm darren jordan. also on the programme - a new anti-austerity cabinet in athens holds its first meeting. we'll be there live >>> mexico's government says all 43 students who went missing in september are dead. >> east germany's dark past took a tour around the once feared secret

that means that israel has punitive measures. victoria gatenby has more. >> reporter: this is not the first time israel has frozen taxes to the palestinian authority. in pay 2011 israel withheld hundreds of millions. december 2012 israel withheld more than $120 million in response to the overwhelming general assembly the state of palestinian - similar punishment in april 2014 after pa president mahmoud abbas fought to join the series -- applied to join a series of conventions. without the money, the palestinians cannot pay the 165 thouds public sec for -- 165,000 public sector please that they employ - police nurses and teachers. the economy's government is dependent. the employees and the money they spend form the economic backbone of the territory. >> a senior palestinian official says israel is afraid. >> the national meeting of this occupation has become the longest in modern history, more than 47 years of occupation is enough. the system of appetite is worse. that is the problem. israel has been impugnive to international la

and israel. driven by the large population israel being a jewish state. and the u.s. having a huge population of jews as well. >> is there anything france can do - this is not good for france. >> it's definitely not good for france. vladimir putin said that one of the greatest mistakes the soviet union made was allowing the jews to leave. it was a massive brain drain, a cultural drape, a negative for their country and the culture. the same is fruit for france. as far as what they can do there's no easy solutions. they are not easy problems they are deeply rooted social problems and tied up in economic problems and will not be easily solve. >> tied up in france's unique but unusual demographics large jewish and muslim populations relative to other countries. >> that's correct. >> and they are in close contact. >> they are. >> france is unique in europe that they have both the largest jewish population and muslim population and it creates a lot of interesting demographics which leads to a lot of issues. >> both of these groups perhaps not doings dentally feel is -- coin

that had already suffered years under israel's blockade. and rebuilding gaza could take decades. and the vital tax revenue being withheld will only make that harder. charles stratton, al jazeera. >> collecting tax revenue on behalf of the palestinian authority and then disburse those funds. >> that's right. this was agreed upon under the oslo accords and also because israel controls the borders here. this is one of the signs of the occupation which is why it collects these taxes which is basically coming from customs revenue, va tfort and things likeva -- vat and thingslike that. they have done the had before, every time the palestinians do something that the israelis don't agree with, for example the statehood bids at the u.n et cetera, et cetera they withhold this money. to put this into perspective the israelis don't want to withhold it forever. they don't want to see the pa collapse because that will also be a huge problem for israel but that is a first concrete step that israel has taken to the icc bid. the words that have come out in

of israel's sovereignty. that said, there have been reports that a number of israeli soldiers were either wobbled or killed in the attack but we are not able to confirm this. we are hearing reports from some israeli media channels that the pictures put out by hezbollah showing vehicles on flames and on fire is not authentic. on the ground that the background shows a different area is what channel 10 is saying at the moment, but little information coming from the government about the fate of the israeli soldiers, who may have been inside that vehicle that was targeted by hezbollah earlier. >> will this just be left as yet another prickly border confrontation or is there an appetite for a wider confrontation. >> that is the question being asked now by many observers and analysts. local channels are talking about that that israel may want to contain this and this. israel will certainly they say respond to this recent attack, and continue to respond as it has overnight after two rockets were launched from syria i

i think we need to remember here this was hezbollah attacking israel attacking an idf and israel has the right to defend itself. certainly they do broadly but this is a case where they were attacked. now, as you noted, there has long been a un. security council resolution that kind of monitors peace along the line the blue line there. that's certainly something, reducing the tension, reducing the back and forth, having peace in that area is certainly something we would support and we hope for. >> as you know iran is a major supporter of hezbollah. what's its role in all of this? >> i don't have more details on that at this point. you're right, there's a long history there, they have been supporters of hezbollah but in terms of this specific attack i don't have any details on that. >> jen psaki, thanks very much for joining us. >>> coming up there is new deaths rising tensions. we will have much more on these growing fears of war along one of israel's most dangerous boundaries. we are going live to israel's northern border with lebanon and syria. >>> then the spokesman for israel's mi

it's been a concern for israel. it's not clear where it leaves political solutions on the ground >>> well the oslo accord makes it easy for israel to withhold palestinian tax revenue. crippling the struggling economy. victoria gatenby explains. >> reporter: this is not the first time israel froze monthly tax transfers to the palestinian authority. in may 2011 israel withheld 100 million over a palestinian unity deal bringing together hamas with its rival fatah. in december 2012 israel withheld $120 million in response to the vote at the u.n. general assembly to recognise the state of palestine and imposed a similar punishment in april 2014 after the president mahmoud abbas plied to join a series of treaties and onventions. israel should transfer $100 million is month to the palestinians amounting to two hirds of the palestinian authority's budget. without the money the pa cannot pay $159,000 -- 159,000 public sector salaries. because the pa economy is government dependent, these employees, and the money they spend f

iran and hezbollah had vowed revenge against israel. the latest escalation on the lebanese syrian and israeli border brings to memory the 2006 war between hezbollah and israel. that conflict killed hundreds of people and destroyed large parts of southern lebanon. >>> we're joined now from west jerusalem. it's still a confusing picture in terms of israeli casualties what more have you been hearing there? >> reporter: darren we have just been able to confirm with the army some new information. the army is telling us that there were casualties. however, it is not giving a number and it's not specifying whether there were soldiers or civilians who were killed or injured in the attack, but for now we're getting a confirmation from the army that there have been casualties as a result of this attack which was an anti tank missile fired from lebanon at an israeli army vehicle this morning. now we are also hearing reports that the united nations peace-keeping force along the border between lebanon and israel is urging maximum restraint from all

it's been a major concern for israel. it's not clear where it leaves any political solution on the ground. al jazeera in the occupied west bank. >> in syria, at least five hezbollah members have been killed in the town of flatla near the lebanese border. in august, around 20s troops were killed and 35 soldiers were certain hostage in the same area by the al-qaeda affiliated he will nusra front. >> the united states and allies conducted seven airstrikes over the last 36 hours. six of the attacks hit isil positions near kobane in syria. there has been a 7th successive day of protests in bay rain bahrain in the capitol. demonstrators are demanding the release of ali salman the leader of the shia opposition party. >>> the family of a libyan al-qaeda suspect who died in the u.s. days before going on trial is accusing washington of neglecting his health. he was accused of being involved in the 1998 bombings of u.s. embassies in east africa. captured by u.s. troops in tripoli in 2013. >> translator: they deprived him of his righ

israel. egypt, syria, jordan, lebanon saudi arabia, kuwait, iraq, oman. this has been abundantly clear ever since the american document of 1957 held off the assurance of u.s. military assistance when requested to any middle eastern country threatened by aggression from the forces of communism. under its terms, united states forces in 1958 responded to an urgent appeal for help from lebanon. why this interest in the middle east? one reason is its location. it is a world crossroads, a sea land, and air bridge. then there is the area's immense suplply of oils. from this supply it furnishes 3/4 of europe's oil needs and almost all those of the far east. in world affairs to, the states are playing an increasingly significant role. they frequently take a united stand on issues and exert a powerful influence on other states. thus the majority of nations in this area making up the arab bloc can have considerable impact on world attitudes and decisions. the area which for all these reasons figure so i

israel is not a member of the icc. what could happen, the possible outcome of such a probe and investigation could lead to charges against individual in israel soldiers, civilians officials, even, who could be tried at that court. but not against the government because israel is not a member of this party. but netanyahu has promised that he will defend his soldiers and the army and will not allow them to be dragged to the icc. >> thank you. the united nations said it is increasingly worried about palestinian refugees. they're trapped inside yarmouk camp in syria and the relief agencies have not been able to hand out aid for six weeks because of the fighting. erica wood with more on the living conditions there. >> reporter: there is no way for them to get in or out. the palestinian refugees who once sought shelter here because of troubles back home are now once again desperate to escape. for more than a year there has been little to no electricity and fuels prices is a luxury that they cannot afford. >> the generators o

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they cannot cross into israel for work or to go to the west bank. and the only exist is through egypt where people spend days at the border. felt like i left another country, you know? >> you went to another country. >> so you think i did the right thing? >> oh, forget it. >> forget it? >> yeah. >> they'll lynch you. you know? because they don't have too many trees. i don't know where they'll handing you from. always eager here because this is my home. and then when i go back, i take with me a lot of guilt leaving these people behind. >> when are we going to get to the humane level? people should be incensed. not just the palestinians. we should fight arabs and jews to preserve that. >> my opinion is that both sides, people are tired, fatigued and brainwashed and they will not reeble in a way that they would march? the streets. people are saying i care about my four corners and my garden, and it's out of my control and i don't see this rebellion happening. >> clearly i'm the optimist of 2002 of us. in fact, i believe that rather than creating two se

that's not in israel's decision. i agree with a lot of what julie said. >> i find it odd that the white house wasn't looped in. no one thought it would be good -- even interested in the optics of it to have everyone come together on the same page. with that being said, let's move on. now i'm hearing the president won't meet with netanyahu. people are giving reasons why. let's have the president be the bigger person and meet with him and be the person to bring this together. this is odd how this happened, john boehner included. lou: i applaud the democratic lust for the emily post style of american politics and the relationship between congress and the senate and the white house. i applaud judy's preference that the president be bigger. yours that everyone rise above it. but the reality is, netanyahu has not said a word. the reality is that through back channels and through a smear campaign of anonymous sources and unidentified campaign officials administration officials, we didn't even mention the campaign officials

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because israel controls the import and export and are under occupation israel would collect the import tax and they charge us 3% of commission for that collection. and then transfer the money to the palastinian authority. fortunately since '83, the process is an instrument for southbound tig, collective -- sabotage collective pressure. they are violating the oslo agreement that ever is defending. it's a case of collecting revenue. >> finally, quickly, can i just tell you, that you are neither a member of fatah or hamas, as an independent. do you approve of the strategies pursued by the leadership? >> i don't only approve, it was our idea for the palastinian authority, and they adopted it. finally it is nonviolent methods, through diplomatic methods. we have been calling for that since 2010. a strong date for unity. >> thank you very much indeed. thank you >>> a lot more to come here on al jazeera - paradise - but a closer look reveals not so in senegal. >>> we take a 4,000km ride through russia. the hero project from soviet times. >>> one of the world's most exciting and dangerous moto

israel says one of its tanks have been hit. silver has fired across the border and the situation is said to be ongoing. in the meantime, we can join our correspond. damian grammaticas. it feels like the lines are being join ded mr. tsipras saying we won't default but will not negotiate. >> reporter: yes. the sides sizing up taking gentle steps towards each other before they engage. there will be positive steps taken with greece saying it won't default on its debt. that will be very very welcome. at the same time saying greece will -- he wants to restore national sovereignty and saying greece will negotiate responsibly, that will be very welcome here. but it doesn't want a mutually destructive clash. that was his other comment. those all sound good and the detail matters. the finance minister from the netherlands is heading to athens on friday for talks with mr. tsipras. what he has said is if you tell us you want our cooperation but not our conditions that won't wash. wash. >> damien there is a question of another 7 billion eur

israel. reince priebus sent out a letter to members of the rnc in late november inviting them to go with the rnc on an expensive paid trip to israel. now, going on a trip to israel itself not a problem. going on this particular trip to israel, i think this really is going to be a problem. one of the things from the 2012 presidential campaign that we reported on this show with keen interest was a prayer rally that texas governor rick perry used as essentially the launch event for his presidential campaign for 2012. now, the fact that he wanted to start his campaign with a prayer rally, not itself a newsworthy thing. what was newsworthy about it is who he organized that prayer rally with. this is the organization that rick perry did that prayer rally with. >> counterfeit religions, alternative religions of christianity have no right to the free exercise of religion. >> brian fischer with the american family association. the american family association is not your typical conservative religious

they should not be forced to flee to israel. the united states of america should step up and say, we want to welcome the juice to our country. obama made a statement by not going to the rally. he should show leadership and say, we are not going to make the mistake again and we are going to allow the jews to enter our country. >> a look around the world. the government and cameron says they have killed 143 militants who attacked near the nigerian border. the gun battle was the first major attack on cameroon since the militants threatened the leader in a video online earlier this month. people have been killed in eastern ukraine after a rocket hit a bus killing civilians. they blame separatists. fighting has intensified in recent weeks and has led to the cancellation of planned peace talks this week. burma possibly to has questioned the commitment to reform in a strong attack on the leaders. she said the government lacks political will to revive the constitution or to bring meaningful reform. >> after four years of court cases, th

that they won't be able to confront israel again. he said we are ready and don't test us. this is the message that hezbollah will try to send israel again today. today's attack was a major strike for israel and a major blow for hezbollah. these were not just any military exameders. they were specialists one was in charge of hezbollah operations inside syria. hezbollah september thousands of fighters in order to help the confrontation with the opposition forces and along the border with israel hezbollah has not made it a secret that they are trying hard to get presence there, to help also the syrian army along that border. in the past 30 years, this was a quiet border thattitsis did not need to worry about. but in the past year we have seep more i know dents along that border and evenitsis officials acknowledge that hezbollah is trying to gain a foothold there. even hezbollah reaction against -- in retaliation for this incident come come on the golan heights. israel now has to worry about twofronts, theitsis/lebanon border and the syr

this is a very divisive debate among jews of israel, many of whom are insistent that israel's strength is as a democracy. so i think one of the most-watched elections in the world will be the one that we're about to see soon in israel. >> it has implications for religious groups here in the u.s. as well. certainly in the jewish community. we see strong support for israel, of course but there's growing debate over how supportive to be if israel lurches very far to the right. and among american jews, this is sort of a tricky controversial question. also in the christian communities, some groups very, very pro-israel. not concerned about israel becomes more to the right. but other groups, other christian groups concerned about the palestinian situation with the palestinians seeking statehood before the u.n. it's a brew for a lot of religiously-tinged tension. >> meanwhile, there's been a lot of violation of holy sites. >> the holy sites are always sort of ground zero for them. in terms of tension points and everybody arguing over the holy sites, especially the temple mound, the noble sanc

will israel retaliate? what's going on? stay with us. >>> israel and the militant group his bull la appear to be stepping back from a full-scale confrontations. the israeli military convoy killing two israeli soldiers. two days earlier, israel attacked a hezbollah track. a spanish u.n. peace keeper was killed. now hezbollah trying to dial back tensions. our senior international correspondent is following the latest developments from beirut in lebanon. a what is hezbollah saying how is that message being transmitted, what's the latest? >> well, it was described as a message of restraint. israeli defense minister called it as the usual nonofficial channels. there is a lot of diplomatic back chat in those nonofficial ways particularly crucial at times like this. speaking to a lot of people here, they're worriers. there's always that 2006 israel and lebanon war hanging over this. this really has dialed back the tension, this attempt at reaching out by hezbollah. here people are slowly starting to exhale and hoping that israel w

death to israel. still, they are at war with al-qaeda and they seem to be much more effective and committed in fighting al-qaeda than president hadi or his predecessor who tended to think of al-qaeda almost as a kind of investment a way to attract american weapons and training which ultimately sort of tended to fuel greater radicalism. ideally we would find some way to take advantage of the fact that the houthis are actively fighting al-qaeda. difficult to do because they are al liveried with iran and have a deep resentment of american power in the region. when you have these entrenched divisions in the region, it's really, really difficult for the americans to get involved in a positive way. and i think it's particularly difficult because we don't have open eyes in the region. i mean, we have scaled back at almost all of the embassies in the middle east. we have less ability to see what's going on there. and that makes us dependent in many countries on -- for information, for basic intelligence about

israel's repeated air strikes and attacks on syria. his forces have been stockpiling weapons which could include long range missiles. >> now this huge attack against hezbollah, his credibility online basrala would like to retain contacts with israel that's why i don't think hezbollah would be passive. it's a matter not if, but when. >> this attack is a serious blow to hezbollah. the group says it will retaliate at a place and time of its choosing. victoria gaitenby al jazeera. >>> let's get a report from nicole johnston. nicole are we expecting a big show of support particularly in the hezbollah stronghold of southern baiz ruth beirut? >> we would expect thousands of hezbollah supporters to be out on the street for the funeral ever jihadofjihad magnia, the son of a late hezbollah commander who was also killed by israel in 2008. more funerals we will expect on tuesday as well in some of the southern villages where some of the men who were killed are from. the sayings is quite tense down on the lebanese israeli border. the united nations

we heard benjamin netanyahu warning israel -- not to test israel. looking at their options in terms of the next step, whether to try to contain this, leave it at this with different parties satisfied, considering the balance has been reestablished or deciding the rules have changed and no blood should be shed. >> we are hearing the u.n. is saying a peacekeeper has been killed in southern lebanon likely in that incident of the border clash earlier today. the mother of a japanese hostage threatened with death has made a desperate plea for her son's life. they have given a final threat to execute the japanese journalist if jordan does not release a female jihadi bomber on death row. we have more now. >> let me be very clear. kenji is not an enemy of the islamic state group. every time we discussed the situation of the middle east, he is tortured. he is more concerned about them that about his own safety. please save kenji. please continue doing everything you can to negotiate with the jordanian government, until the last minute. there is very little ti

and it would be the political and military leadership of both israel and gaza. i don't think the palestinian authority as such has had any relationship to these activities that could be alleged as crimes. what is likely to be the focus of the inquiry, what is the israeli attack of last summer on gaza and its settlement policy in the west bank. and on both of those sets of issues international law is clearly opposed to the policies that israel has pursued. as far as the rockets that would be the focus of allegations of criminality against hamas is concerned, this situation from the icc point of view is a little bit more clouded because they just decided in relation to a complaint about the momara incident the fact that nine turkish nationals were killed was not of sufficient gravity from the perspective of this international tribunal to justify a full fledged prosecution. so as only six israelis were killed one would think that they might come to a similar conclusion which would of course be politically quite problematic. my guess is they would avoid that kind of

hello h israel and hezbollah have exchanged fire along a disputed strip of land. two israeli soldiers were killed and another injured when hezbollah fire. one u.n. peace keeper was killed in that exchange. the area lies on an disputed track of land. first this report from nicole johnston in southern lebanon. >> reporter: this is moments after an anti-tank missile hit near the board are serie-a and lebanon. israel deployed soldiers in the area. the armed group hezbollah claimed responsibility. it says it's in response to an israeli attack last week against its fight necessary syria. prime minister benjamin netanyahu has warned of a swift and powerful retaliation. >> at this moment to everyone who is challenging us, i advise that what happened in gaza, i'm asked to look at the hardest hit since it's formation and we'll react strongly on all fronts. a high. >> a high ranking iranian was killed the son of a hezbollah founder was killed,. hezbollah has carried out attacks before, but certainly not any this bold over the years. nicole johnston. in southern lebanon. >> l

life in israel. we hope they are not having to flee persecution, but it is important, don, to the understand something that no one is asking themselves today about those french, the french jewish community is do they have anywhere to go? the jews throughout history who faced persecution, who faced murder murder, and they had nowhere to go, and the gates were closed to them. the gates of america, the gates of other countries were closed to them, and israel was established to make shurure that jews everywhere will always have a refuge, and that is a message that every prime minister proudly says, and he said it in france france. >> and you talked about the acts of violence being carried out against jews anti-semitism the, and certainly, the staggering number of jew ss that left israel and it was 2014 7,000, and in 2015, 10,000 jews expected and are the european leaders doing enough to protect the jewish population and condemn anti-semitism? >> angela merkel in germany is a good example, because she had

people in israel say that if -- if the palestinians go to the icc, israel has a good reason to go to this -- to this icc as well after the palestinians put rockets -- send rockets from -- from gaza strip to israel. >> of course, the palestinians are well aware of the fact that any investigation could open them up to scrutiny as well, and how much concern is there about investigations regarding settlements? because you have physical acts of violence which could be investigated, but then there's also the issue of occupation of settlements that could potentially be pursued by icc prosecutors, right? >> yes, so maybe -- i -- i agreement with you that the settlement is a kind of violation of the international law. we don't have any debate around this. but if you want to solve the problem, you must sit on the table and not take unilateral step to direct negotiation, and if -- we don't have -- the israeli people want to -- to -- most of them yeah most of the israeli people want to have this direct negotiation with the palestinians and it's not a quarrel, so they are very upset to see the pa

israel responded with airstrikes and artillery. it is disputed territory and we now look at why it's so important to the country that is surround it. >> the farms is a 25-kilometer stretch of disput land on the borders of lebanon sir yes and israel. the area has been occupied by israel since the 1967 war with lebanon and syria both saying it's part of their territory. in 2006, there was a 34 day war in the area between hezbollah and israel in which hundreds were killed. a united nations resolution helped end that conflict, but it remains vulnerable to violence. u.n. peace keepers patrol the area as do lebanese troops and it's closely watched by the israeli military. >> we will hear from the occupied golan height, but first the blue line between israel and lebanon. >> from this position, we're a couple of hundred meters away from the sheba farms area. it's just beyond the fence there in the distance. the attack happened just below an israeli army post. the information that we have is that hezbollah fighters continue to fired at that

community in the world, behind israel and the united states. and the jewish agency an organization that helps jews emigrate to israel says they're going to see a sharp increase in the number of immigrants. in 2013, there was 3400. last year, 7,000. this year they're expecting 10,000 people. they had a fair on sunday for people to come and look about coming to israel. they said hundreds of people showed up and to get information about making this trip. although this process i need to say is controversial, where a jewish person can come to israel and get instant citizenship. for a palestinian refugees many of them are still waiting to return to their homes. natalie? >> yeah and people there, have they been interviewed since last week about what they think about more and more people leaving paris now? >> a lot of people in paris as we've seen reported is they don't feel safe there anymore. a lot of them say that the attacks, that these increasing attacks are making moving to israel more desirable. they have a lot of people coming here making new l

>> israel was reluctant to take this measure. we need some leverage to prevent the derailing of a chance of reaching a peaceful settlement. settlements can be reached by negotiating, not by mutual complaints to the international criminal court. of course, the palestinians make complaints, the israelis will make complaints about the palestinians. this is not going to advance us or help create a palestinian state. >> to be fair haven't the chances to reach a peaceful settlement already been derailed. >> no, they have not been arailed. we have not achieved it yet. we have reached peace with egypt, jordan, plo it can be done with the pa, however it has to be done with us. we have to sit down with the palestinians. the palestinians have to sit down with us. this is about sitting and solving the political problems. they go to the court and complain about us. we'll complain about us. it will not help reach an agreement. >> what does israel have to fear from the icc? >> obviously each side can make complaints about the other. israel has

israel says i.t. was targeting hamas tinls tunnels used to smug smulg are weapons into the palestinian tears tri. international criminal court accusing israel of war crimes, israel says it will withhold $127 million of tax revenue. >> this month the medical supplies the milk, the bread for the whole nation. it shows that israeli occupation is not only concerned with settlement and there when it comes to exercising punishment, they are stashing them, dislow kateing them because they want to act with impunity. >> israel says the palestinian bid for membership of icc hinders efforts to restart peace talks. >> we need some leeway to prevent the derailing of reaching a is negotiated settlement. not bimutual complaints to the international criminal court. if the palestinians make complaints the israelis will make complaints. this is not going to are advance us. >> using the international criminal court as a political tool. it is disturbing to hear the israeli government's attempt to punish palestine for eff

israel enjoys bipartisan support. you mention iron dome. iron dome the missiles fired by joan 0 sidle hamas at israel cities represent a threat to individual citizens and civilianings. it's serious. iran however is a threat to israel's survival period. there are 6 million jews in that tiny land. one nuclear bomb can kill millions of them. iran has said that their purpose is that annihilation. so the prime minister of israel is coming to speak as one of the foremost experts in the enworld about the iranian nuclear program of which they have lied for more than a decade according to the iaea about how the american plan to engage them and negotiations for two years has not really borne a lot of fruit. that's indisputable. >> jeremy in this country you know if obama's for it i'm against it. if obama's against it i'm for it. all of a sudden now israel becomes an issue like so many others where people dig in and in a partisan realm. that's what i'm trying to express. >> i think you're right. that's the problem here. this is a cynical political plo

israel will stand by their side. and some say they'd like similar reassurances from their own government. >> the jewish community here in france has been warning for a long time about a rise in anti-semitism. many here say they hope politicians are going to do more not just in the realm of security but also by showing solidarity with france's jews. the new security measures are met with mixed feelings. >> i absolutely think the security is sufficient this man says even before the attacks, we had a decent amount of protection and now the maximum is being done after this new gray situation. but they've made up their minds, and want to leave france. with so many jews living in israel the security is at a higher level, there are other reasons for leaving as well. it is better to be a jew there than in france. as france grapples with the aftermath of the terror attacks, it seems it will take more than additional security to fully win back the trust of the jewish communities. >>> we have breaking news from indonesia now, w

and this is not what israel wants. israel does not want pa to collapse. who will run the west bank? it's back and forth. we're hearing the language of the icc. we've heard from the israelis that they say well, the palestinians go to the icc and if you try to investigate us for war crimes we'll do it to your leaders, who they hold accountable forever funding terrorists and all that kind of language. all in all it's a very unconducive scene an unconducive timing. the palestinians people who will be watching their leaders make these moves perhaps supported but really nothing is changing on the ground for them. they have seen a real bush here. >> stephanie dekker from jerusalem. thank you. >> indonesia's transport minister is threatening to revoke airasia's operating license. it's flight sunday was a violation of its license and it will investigate flight violations about a number of airlines and aviation officials. four parts of the plane have been found in the java sea. divers are searching for the rest of the passengers and crew of the flight. >> reporter: some crucial developments i

. >>> hezbollah's leader says the lebanese armed group isn't afraid of war with israel. and has the right to respond to what he calls israeli aggression. he has been addresses thousands of his supports in southern beirut. hezbollah accuses israel of an air strike in the syrian side of the golan heights earlier this month. the flairup on wednesday was in retaliation to that attack he says. two israeli soldiers and a u.n. peace keeper was killed. >> reporter: one of the strongest messages came in his case he was making against israel. he said while israel targeted hezbollah, inside syrian controlled golan heights they have done nothing about the nusra front, which is also in that area of syria, and controls about 65% of it now. he even went so far as to accuse israel of having an open door policy towards them of treating their wounded. the other very strong message that he put forward was that the rules of engagement with israel are over. that hezbollah now has the right and the ability to strike israel anywhere any time that it chooses, and on any open front. he also said